Patents by Inventor Devon Larson Bancroft

Devon Larson Bancroft has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Slider for content selection in user interface
    Patent number: 11972101
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a user interface (UI) that displays a feed of content items to a user. The content items in the feed may include content related to a same or similar topic, such as content items related to a recent political event. The interface can include an interactive slider on a scale that permits the user to adjust the displayed content according to an attribute described by the scale. More specifically, content items are assigned an attribute value and the location of the slider modifies the selection process for content items so that content items having an attribute value corresponding to the location of the slider are selected and displayed in the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SmartNews, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhei Nishioka, Jihee Kim, Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki, Devon Larson Bancroft
  • Slider for content selection in user interface
    Patent number: 11281367
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a user interface (UI) that displays a feed of content items to a user. The content items in the feed may include content related to a same or similar topic, such as content items related to a recent political event. The interface can include an interactive slider on a scale that permits the user to adjust the displayed content according to an attribute described by the scale. More specifically, content items are assigned an attribute value and the location of the slider modifies the selection process for content items so that content items having an attribute value corresponding to the location of the slider are selected and displayed in the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SmartNews, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhei Nishioka, Jihee Kim, Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki, Devon Larson Bancroft
  • SLIDER FOR CONTENT SELECTION IN USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20210173552
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a user interface (UI) that displays a feed of content items to a user. The content items in the feed may include content related to a same or similar topic, such as content items related to a recent political event. The interface can include an interactive slider on a scale that permits the user to adjust the displayed content according to an attribute described by the scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhei Nishioka, Jihee Kim, Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki, Devon Larson Bancroft
  • SLIDER FOR CONTENT SELECTION IN USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20210173553
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a user interface (UI) that displays a feed of content items to a user. The content items in the feed may include content related to a same or similar topic, such as content items related to a recent political event. The interface can include an interactive slider on a scale that permits the user to adjust the displayed content according to an attribute described by the scale. More specifically, content items are assigned an attribute value and the location of the slider modifies the selection process for content items so that content items having an attribute value corresponding to the location of the slider are selected and displayed in the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhei Nishioka, Jihee Kim, Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki, Devon Larson Bancroft